Aesthetic Crystallization of the Cultural Code: The Inheritance of Aesthetic and Cultural Genes in Dunhuang Musical Frescoes

Abstract

Identification of mechanisms for the preservation and dynamic retransmission of aesthetic and cultural patterns in the context of centuries-long inter-civilizational dialogue based on the musical frescoes of Dunhuang. Semiotic analysis of visual codes based on Yuri Lotman’s concept, morphological decomposition of artistic forms, and digital humanities tools. It has been proven that the cultural core of the murals has a binary structure: “symbolic stability” and “behavioral continuity.” Three vectors of cultural gene evolution are revealed: cultural syncretism, technological mediation, and contemporary imagination. A model of dynamic balance “stable core — permeable boundaries” has been developed for the inheritance of cultural codes.